Salary rate
Annual
Month
Semimonthly
Weekly
Day
Hour
Withholding
Salary
58,920 kr
Direct Federal Tax 12,11%
- 6,554 kr
Communal tax
- 11,359 kr
Church tax
- 430 kr
Arbejdsmarkedets Tillaegspension (ATP)
- 1,136 kr
Total tax
- 19,478 kr
Net pay
* 39,442 kr
Marginal tax rate
32.3%
Average tax rate
33.1%
66.9%
Net pay
33.1%
Total tax
Total tax
Net pay
The Taxberg
39,442 kr
Net pay
13,922 kr
Tax the employer pays
19,478 kr
Tax you pay
Total tax paid
33,399 kr
Did you know your employer also pays tax on your salary? It costs the employer 13,922 kr to pay you 58,920 kr. In other words, every time you spend 10 kr of your hard-earned money, 5.67 kr goes to the government.
Real tax rate
45.9%
So, with you and the employer both paying tax, what used to be a 33.1% tax rate now rises to 45.9%, meaning your real tax rate is actually 12.8% higher than what it seemed at first.
Summary
If you make 58,920 kr a year living in the region of Varde, Denmark, you will be taxed 19,478 kr. That means that your net pay will be 39,442 kr per year, or 3,287 kr per month. Your average tax rate is 33.1% and your marginal tax rate is 32.3%. This marginal tax rate means that your immediate additional income will be taxed at this rate. For instance, an increase of 100 kr in your salary will be taxed 32.32 kr, hence, your net pay will only increase by 67.68 kr.
Bonus Example
A 1,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 677 kr of net incomes. A 5,000 kr bonus will generate an extra 3,384 kr of net incomes.
North America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
USA
DKK 53613
9.0%
1
Canada
DKK 45450
22.9%
2
Latin America
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
Puerto Rico
DKK 54236
8.0%
1
Colombia
DKK 54206
8.0%
2
Ecuador
DKK 53352
9.5%
3
Guatemala
DKK 53270
9.6%
4
Costa Rica
DKK 52733
10.5%
5
Panama
DKK 52439
11.0%
6
Peru
DKK 51555
12.5%
7
Mexico
DKK 50779
13.8%
8
Brazil
DKK 50289
14.7%
9
Chile
DKK 48550
17.6%
10
Uruguay
DKK 47077
20.1%
11
Argentina
DKK 38249
35.1%
12
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Middle East
Country 
Net pay
Average tax
Rank
United Arab Emirates
DKK 55974
5.0%
1
Qatar
DKK 55974
5.0%
2
Bahrain
DKK 54206
8.0%
3
Oman
DKK 54206
8.0%
4
Saudi Arabia
DKK 53028
10.0%
5
Kuwait
DKK 52439
11.0%
6
Israel
DKK 51172
13.2%
7
Egypt
DKK 46099
21.8%
8
Lebanon
DKK 45515
22.8%
9
Turkey
DKK 35012
40.6%
10
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NOTE* Withholding is calculated based on the Varde tables of Denmark, income tax. For simplification purposes some variables (such as marital status and others) have been assumed. This document does not represent legal authority and shall be used for approximation purposes only.